Most Popular Bible Verses in Micah
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and what it is the Lord requires of you:
to act justly,
to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin
from eternity.
the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,
the land of Nimrod
So He will rescue us
when it invades our land,
when it marches against our territory.
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the child of my body for my own sin?
pay attention, earth
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.
in the name of their gods,
we will walk
forever and ever.
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows,
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
and coming down to trample
the heights
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.
The sun will set
and the daylight will turn black over them.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will assemble the lame
and gather the scattered,
those I have injured.
and the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Isn’t it Samaria?
And what is the high place of Judah?
Isn’t it Jerusalem?
all her wages
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,
they will be used again for a prostitute.
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.
a heap of ruins
a planting area
I will roll her stones
and expose her foundations.
I must endure the Lord’s rage
until He argues my case
and establishes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His salvation.
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples
and there is no one to rescue them.
Therefore, the Lord says:
against this nation;
you cannot free your necks from it.
Then you will not walk so proudly
because it will be an evil time.
and has reached even Judah;
it has approached the gate of my people,
as far as Jerusalem.
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support
you residents of Lachish.
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,
because Israel’s acts of rebellion
anxiously wait for something good,
disaster has come from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
the houses of Achzib
to the kings of Israel.
against you who live in Mareshah.
The nobility
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
fortified hill
the former rule
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
and she will be covered with shame,
the one who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look at her in triumph;
at that time she will be trampled
like mud in the streets.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will remove your horses from you
and wreck your chariots.
and all your enemies will be destroyed.
you will press olives
but not anoint yourself with oil;
and you will tread grapes
but not drink the wine.
on that day your boundary will be extended.
bringing desolation because of your sins.
those far removed into a strong nation.
Then the Lord will rule over them
from this time on and forever.
in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
and lament mournfully,
“We are totally ruined!
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How He removes it from me!
He allots our fields
or bags of deceptive weights?
and its residents speak lies;
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
and the diviners disappointed.
They will all cover their mouths
because there will be no answer from God.
by the Spirit of the Lord,
with justice and courage,
to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion
and to Israel his sin.
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates River
and from sea to sea
and mountain to mountain.
“They should not preach these things;
shame will not overtake us.”
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the power of your enemies!
and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
The word of the Lord that came
because of its inhabitants
and as a result of their actions.
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in ancient times.
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,
they say, “Let her be defiled,
and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord
No disaster will overtake us.”
I will collect the remnant of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the middle of its fold.
It will be noisy with people.
“Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?
Are these the things He does?”
Don’t My words bring good
to the one who walks uprightly?
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
and sacred pillars from you
so that you will not bow down again
to the work of your hands.
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.
against the nations that have not obeyed Me.
for there will be hunger within you.
What you acquire, you cannot save,
and what you do save,
I will give to the sword.
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,
because the Lord has a case against His people,
and He will argue it against Israel.
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze,
so you can crush many peoples.
Then you
to the Lord for destruction,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
they will come trembling out of their hiding places
like reptiles slithering on the ground.
They will tremble in the presence of Yahweh our God;
they will stand in awe of You.
or understand His plan,
that He has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement
a grievous destruction!
in the strength of Yahweh,
in the majestic name of Yahweh His God.
They will live securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!
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They will put their hands over their mouths,
and their ears will become deaf.
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.
Therefore, I will make you a desolate place
and the city’s
you will bear the scorn of My people.”
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.
For the mouth of the Lord
has promised this.
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord as their leader.
a daughter opposes her mother,
and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
when she who is in labor
then the rest of His brothers
to the people of Israel.
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
and redeemed you
I sent Moses,
When Assyria invades our land,
when it marches against our fortresses,
we will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
remember what Balak king of Moab
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge
on the cheek with a rod.
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;
at this time their panic is here.
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
Now listen to what the Lord is saying:
and let the hills hear your voice.
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways
so we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He will vanquish our iniquities.
You will cast all our
into the depths of the sea.
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.